Do you ever have one of those days where you learn something about yourself? Where something happens and you have an epiphany? I had one of those days today. You would think by now I would know myself pretty well. It is said you learn something new every day. Today the light bulb came on about me.
I am FANTASTIC at starting projects. I see something, think it's a great idea and start on it. What I learned today is I might not be the best at finishing projects. The following is a tale of how I learned this fact...
My day started innocently enough. I had plans to meet a local Twitter pal (who is a friend of a friend) and go to a specialty yarn store. I held myself in check and only bought a few skeins of yarn (I was actually proud of myself). When I got home, I was so excited to try out my new yarn. It had been a few months since I had knitted (I also crochet, which is what I have been doing as of late), so I first had to locate the appropriate sized needles. That should be easy, RIGHT?
Hardy har har. First of all, I am the poster child for disorganization. I had knitting needles stored in four different areas of the house. Secondly, I do not lack knitting needles (or crochet hooks); I have every size known to man and I typically have between two and four in each size. I was looking for either size 11 or 13. It turns out I have six sets of needles in those sizes (that I found). It also turns out there was a partially done project on each one. When you are knitting, you leave the needle in the project until you finish it, otherwise all of the stitches will collapse and all of your hard work will disappear as the project unravels.
At this discovery, I had two choices. I could either go to Hobby Lobby and purchase more needles (which actually crossed my mind) or finish the projects I had started. I would like to say I chose the finish projects option because that is the logical thing to do. The real reason I went with option two is because it was 106 degrees in Dallas today and I could not bear the thought of going back outside.
As a gazed at six partially done knitting projects, I realized I have a problem. One of the projects is at LEAST six years old. Who leaves a project laying around for six years partially done? I resolved to do two things this afternoon: One - make a single place to put all of my crochet hooks and knitting needles when not in use (an antique sewing cabinet would be nice) and two - to work at being better about finishing projects that I start.
Hopefully with my second resolution in place, I won't have any more projects sitting around for six years...
Until Tomorrow - Melissa
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